Local Community Colleges in Georgia

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Albany, Georgia

Town in the southwest part of Georgia, USA. Center in a rich agricultural district with cultivation of peanuts (peanuts), pecans and cotton. Called "The Pecan Capital of the World". Manufacture of agricultural machinery and parts for the aerospace industry. Founded in 1836 as an important cotton market. Central arena in the fight against racial segregation in the 1960s. In November 1961 the "Albany Movement" was founded, a non-violent movement where Martin Luther King was active. Albany was one of the first places where sit-ins, 'sit-down demonstrations' were used as a means of protest.

Atlanta, Georgia

According to Countryaah.com, Atlanta is the largest city and capital of the state of Georgia in the United States, and is located at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The city has 486,290 residents, and is the center of a major urban region comprising 18 counties (counties) with a total of 5,884,736 residents (U.S. Census, 2017). Atlanta hosted the 1996 Summer Olympics, and the city's motto is "Too busy to hate."

Business and culture

Atlanta is a central communications center with the airport of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, which has been the world's busiest airport every year since 1998. In 2017, it served 103,902,992 passengers and had 879,560 aircraft movements. By the way, the city is a railway hub with large workshops, and a leading financial and commercial center for the southeastern United States.

Atlanta has a multifaceted industry, including the headquarters of Coca-Cola and the television company CNN. Trade in cotton, maize and tobacco. Within the urban area there are more than 20 universities and other higher education institutions.

Atlanta is an important cultural and conference center, and is a center for music directions such as hip hop, gospel and neo-soul. Atlanta hosted the Summer Olympics in 1996, which was a major PR boost for the city.

History

Atlanta was founded in 1837 as the southern end of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, the railroad north to Chattanooga, Tennessee. During the American Civil War 1861-1865, Atlanta was one of the southern states' main supply bases, burned and destroyed by the Northern States Army under William T. Sherman in 1864. Grant Park houses Cyclorama, a large circular painting with scenes from the Battle of Atlanta during the Civil War. Atlanta is the birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr., becoming the first major city in the Southern States to elect a black mayor in 1973, the city's then-Mayor Maynard Jackson.